Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

A very common, non-venomous , terrestrial snake occurs in secondary forests and anthropogenic areas from low country to the hills up to abo...

 A non-venomous aquatic snake inhabiting damp places near water bodies such as streams, ponds, wells, paddy fields as well as brackish habit...

 වැඩුණු සතුන් සෙන්ටිමීටර 26 සිට 31 පමණ දිග කුඩා, නිර්විෂ, මෙරටට ආවේනික භෞමික සර්පයෙකි පුල්ලි දත් කැටියා. දිවා කාලයේ හැසිරෙන සර්පයෙකු වන අතර ...

An endemic,  Non venomous, sub fossorial snake   common from lowland plains to about 1200 m elevations in the hills.  It   is a nocturnal  s...

A small non venomous worm like blind snake lives under the soil, under and inside decaying logs, under stones and leaf litter. Brahminy B...

An endemic Non venomous snake occurs in all parts of the island up to about 2000 m a.s.l. Rather common in urban and sub urban areas. It...

Streaked Kukri Snake is a small  (26-31 cm in length)  non-venomous and terrestrial snake endemic to the  Sri Lanka . It is diurnal ...

A non-venomous, semi-aquatic snake inhabiting streams, rivers, paddy fields, tanks, marshes etc. from lowlands up to about 1200m elevatio...

An endemic snake restricted to the lowland rain forests of the south-western wet zone up to foot hills of the central highlands.  It is ...

Blossom krait is a rear-fanged mildly venomous terrestrial snake found among leaf litter in forests of low country to central hills.  Als...

The Trinket snake is a common non-venomous, terrestrial snake widely distributed in lowlands up to about 600m elevation. It can be fou...

Common Rough-side is a non-venomous, nocturnal and subfossorial snake known from mid hills to higher hills (750 - 2100m a.s.l). It...

Rat snake is the second largest snake in the country with some specimens observed with 3000mm long while many exceed 2400mm in length...

Common venomous terrestrial snake found in  anthropological  habitats and plantations (Especially tea, coconut and rubber  plantations...

Shaw’s Wolf Snake is a small (100-400mm) terrestrial and nocturnal snake distributed mostly in wet zone though occurs rarely also in ...

Indian Rock Python  is the largest snake in Sri Lanka (with average length of an adult about 3 meters while 4.6m  being  the longest rec...

Cobra is a highly venomous snake that is accountable for large number of human mortalities annually. It is diurnal and terrestrial in ...

Diurnal and non-venomous snake recorded from  wet and intermediate zones of lowlands to mid hills. However there are references of find...

Mildly venomous snake of gardens, forests, scrublands, cultivation etc. from lowlands to about 1000 m a.s.l of the hill country.  Arbor...

An  endemic and common water snake of both dry and wet zone up to 1000m a.s.l.  Found in rice fields, tanks, marshes, rivers and strea...